<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 2/1/01 2:16:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, A440A@AOL.COM
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">"We will need to remove the diagonal screwed-in bar on one of the hall
<BR>pianos for the performance (I don't recall which, but will figure it out by
<BR>this weekend) in order to strum strings that are on either side of the
<BR>bar.""
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<BR> I don't really think taking the plate strut out is a good idea, seems
<BR>like it isn't going to go back in very gracefully. Anybody out there have
<BR>experience with strut removal and reinstallation, under full tension, on a
<BR>Steinway D?
<BR>Thanks,
<BR>Ed Foote RPT
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<BR>I guess this is only anecdotal, Ed, but being from Philly, George Crumb
<BR>pieces are performed on a regular basis here. (He was/is a U of Penn prof)
<BR>Although we all hate "prepared pianos", I have NEVER heard of one of his
<BR>compositions needing a plate strut removed.
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<BR>Gotta be another way.
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<BR>Richard Galassini
<BR>Cunningham Piano Co. & Factory
<BR>Philadelphia, Pa.
<BR>1 (800) 394-1117
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